Microwave radiometric remote sensing for emergency mapping of areas with water seepage through levees and of zones with dangerously high groundwater level

摘要

Multilateral Agreement on Collaboration in the Field of Remote Sensing of the Earth has been developed in 2003-2004 on the initiative of Prof. Anatoly Shutko between the following Institutions: (1) institute of Radioengineering and Electronics (IRE), Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Moscow and Friazino, Moscow Region, Russia, (2) Microwave Radiometer Mapping Company (Miramap) - a Dutch ESA ESTEC Startup Company, Noordwijk, the Netherlands, (3) Solar-Terrestral Influences Laboratory (STIL), Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS), Sofia, Bulgaria, (4) Center for Hydrology, Soil Climatology and Remote Sensing, (HSCaRS), Alabama A&M Universty (AAMU), Huntsville, the USA, (5) Institute of Market Problems and Econo-Ecological Studies, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (IMPEES, NASU), Odessa, Ukraine, (6) Institute of Applied Physics (IFAC), National Research Council (CNR), Florence, Italy, (7) Politechnical University of Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, Spain. Among the topics of collaboration are such as (a) Developing technologies for water seepage detection through levees and dykes, (b) Joint use of microwave, optical and other remote sensing instruments, (c) Developing joint scientific projects, (d) Conducting research and teaching. The paper discusses the first steps of such collaboration and gives examples of some accom-plished tasks.